SENIOR INTERPRETER

DUTY STATION:                Sarajevo

GRADE:                                7

CONTRACT TYPE:            National (Short-term)

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:

As a part of a team of professionals, Senior Interpreter translates and interprets a wide variety of written and spoken communications in English and local languages, thus facilitating communication between Police Restructuring Commission staff and non-English speaking local politicians and other officials at the highest level.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

·        Interpret consecutively (verbally) and perform ‘chuchotage’ interpretation for the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, as well as other staff within the Commission at conferences, seminars and meetings, TV/radio/newspapers interviews, and other top level meetings or trips involving the highest national and international officials; 

·        Translate a wide variety of top level documents from English to local languages and vice versa, including laws, agreements, reports and other correspondence;

·        Translate other technical, political, legal, financial and economic documents and daily correspondence;

·        Interpret during working diners and receptions attended by the Commission representatives;  

·        Prepare verbal or written summaries of documents;

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS:          

·        University degree with major in English language studies;

·        Professional experience of at least 5 years as translator/interpreter is essential, preferably with the international community;

·        Computer literacy;

·        Flexibility and ability to cope with stress and long working hours;

·        Team-work oriented attitude.

Any personnel with the above qualifications should provide (in English) a CV with a one-page cover letter and references to the following: